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Analysis of 3D Localization in Underwater Optical Wireless Networks with Uncertain Anchor Positions
Nasir Saeed, Abdulkadir Celik, Mohamed-Slim Alouini +1
Localization accuracy is of paramount importance for the proper operation of underwater optical wireless sensor networks (UOWSNs). However, underwater localization is prone to host…
Compressive Sensing Based Channel Estimation for Millimeter-Wave Full-Dimensional MIMO with Lens-Array
Ziwei Wan, Zhen Gao, Byonghyo Shim +3
Channel estimation (CE) for millimeter-wave (mmWave) lens-array suffers from prohibitive training overhead, whereas the state-of-the-art solutions require an extra complicated radi…
Signal Acquisition with Photon-Counting Detector Arrays in Free-Space Optical Communications
Muhammad Salman Bashir, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Pointing and acquisition are an important aspect of free-space optical communications because of the narrow beamwidth associated with the optical signal. In this paper, we have ana…
A Survey of NOMA: Current Status and Open Research Challenges
Behrooz Makki, Krishna Chitti, Ali Behravan +1
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been considered as a study-item in 3GPP for 5G new radio (NR). However, it was decided not to continue with it as a work-item, and to leav…
A UAV-Mounted Free Space Optical Communication: Trajectory Optimization for Flight Time
Ju-Hyung Lee, Ki-Hong Park, Young-Chai Ko +1
In this work, we address the trajectory optimization of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using free space optical communication (FSOC). Here, we focus on maximizing the f…
Prospect Theory for Human-Centric Communications
Kevin Luo, Shuping Dang, Basem Shihada +1
Entering the 5G/6G era, the core concept of human-centric communications has intensified the search effort into analytical frameworks for integrating technological and non-technolo…
LightFDG: An Integrated Approach to Flow Detection and Grooming in Optical Wireless DCNs
Amer AlGhadhban, Abdulkadir Celik, Basem Shihada +1
LightFDG is an integrated approach to flow detection (FD) and flow grooming (FG) in optical wireless data center networks (DCNs), which is interconnected via wavelength division mu…
Improvement of the Global Connectivity using Integrated Satellite-Airborne-Terrestrial Networks with Resource Optimization
Ahmad Alsharoa, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In this paper, we propose a novel wireless scheme that integrates satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks aiming to support ground users. More specifically, we study the enha…
Facilitating Satellite-Airborne-Terrestrial Integration for Dynamic and Infrastructure-less Networks
Ahmad Alsharoa, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
This paper studies the potential improvement in the achievable data rate available to ground users by integrating satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks. The goal is to esta…
Resource and Placement Optimization for Multiple UAVs using Backhaul Tethered Balloons
Ala Alzidaneen, Ahmad Alsharoa, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
This paper studies the improvement of the achievable end-to-end data rate of ground users assisted with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and tethered balloons (TBs). The goal is to…
Topology Optimization for 6G Networks: A Network Information-Theoretic Approach
Abdulkadir Celik, Anas Chaaban, Basem Shihada +1
The classical approach of avoiding or ignoring interference in wireless networks cannot accommodate the ambitious quality-of-service demands of ultra-dense cellular networks (CNs).…
A PHY Layer Security Analysis of Uplink Cooperative Jamming-Based Underlay CRNs with Multi-Eavesdroppers
Mounia Bouabdellah, Faissal El Bouanani, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In this paper, the physical layer security of a dual-hop underlay uplink cognitive radio network is investigated over Nakagami-m fading channels. Specifically, multiple secondary s…
Stochastic Geometry Analysis of Hybrid Aerial Terrestrial Networks with mmWave Backhauling
Nour Kouzayha, Hesham ElSawy, Hayssam Dahrouj +3
To meet increasing data demands, service providers are considering the use of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for delivering connectivity as aerial base stations (BSs). UAVs are es…
A Unified Statistical Model for Atmospheric Turbulence-Induced Fading in Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexed FSO Systems
El-Mehdi Amhoud, Boon S. Ooi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
This paper proposes a unified statistical channel model to characterize the atmospheric turbulence induced distortions faced by orbital angular momentum (OAM) in free space optical…
Frequency Diverse Array Radar: New Results and Discrete Fourier Transform Based Beampattern
Muhammad Zubair, Sajid Ahmed, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In the phased-array radar (PAR) signals from each antenna are transmitted at the same carrier frequency, which yields narrowly focused only angle dependent beampattern. In contrast…
Stochastic Geometry-Based Analysis of Airborne Base Stations with Laser-powered UAVs
Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
One of the most promising solutions to the problem of limited flight time of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is providing the UAVs with power through laser beams emitted from Lase…
A Software-Defined Opto-Acoustic Network Architecture for Internet of Underwater Things
Abdulkadir Celik, Nasir Saeed, Basem Shihada +2
In this paper, we envision a hybrid opto-acoustic network design for the internet of underwater things (IoUT). Software-defined underwater networking (SDUN) is presented as an enab…
Efficient Estimation of the Left Tail of Bimodal Distributions with Applications to Underwater Optical Communication Systems
Chaouki ben Issaid, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
In this paper, we propose efficient importance sampling estimators to evaluate the outage probability of maximum ratio combining receivers over turbulence-induced fadings in underw…
On Robust Spectrum Sensing Using M-estimators of Covariance Matrix
Zhedong Liu, Abla Kammoun, Mohamed Slim Alouini
In this paper, we consider the spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks when the impulsive noise appears. We propose a class of blind and robust detectors using M-estimators in…
Next Generation Terahertz Communications: A Rendezvous of Sensing, Imaging, and Localization
Hadi Sarieddeen, Nasir Saeed, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri +1
Terahertz (THz)-band communications are celebrated as a key enabling technology for next-generation wireless systems that promises to integrate a wide range of data-demanding and d…
Performance Analysis of Multiuser FSO/RF Network Under Non-Equal Priority with -Persistence Protocol
Tamer Rakia, Fayez Gebali, Hong-Chuan Yang +1
This paper presents and analyzes a novel multiuser network based on hybrid free-space optical (FSO)/radio-frequency (RF) transmission system, where every user is serviced by a prim…
A Universal Splitting Estimator for the Performance Evaluation of Wireless Communications Systems
Nadhir Ben Rached, Daniel MacKinlay, Zdravko Botev +2
We propose a unified rare-event estimator for the performance evaluation of wireless communication systems. The estimator is derived from the well-known multilevel splitting algori…
User Pairing, Link Selection and Power Allocation for Cooperative NOMA Hybrid VLC/RF Systems
Mohanad Obeed, Hayssam Dahrouj, Anas M. Salhab +2
Despite the promising high-data rate features of visible light communications (VLC), they still suffer from unbalanced services due to blockages and channel fluctuation among users…
PHY Research Is Sick but Curable: An Empirical Analysis
Kevin Luo, Shuping Dang, Basem Shihada +1
The controversy and argument on the usefulness of the physical layer (PHY) academic research for wireless communications are long-standing since the cellular communication paradigm…